About the book: 2005 / "Behind the patterned cast-iron gates - twilight and coolness. Linden trees weaved curved branches into a dark green tunnel - the rain would not penetrate. A white, zigzag, winding wall separated the estate from the deserted dusty highway, framed by poplars, from the vast fields gently sloping down to the station. Who would have said that Paris is an hour away??..»